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Test Subject
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#1 Old 22nd Feb 2019 at 1:12 AM

This user has the following games installed:

Sims 3, Ambitions, Generations, Pets, Supernatural, University Life
Default How to have better skins - just barely starting to play TS3?
I've only ever played The Sims 3 about five years ago, back when my computer was so old I made it through ten minutes of the game before it crashed. Now I've just installed the base game plus a few EPs (Ambitions, Pets, University, Supernatural, and Generations... thinking of getting the 'future' one). However, I notice my skins are far from realistic - I do know there are CC I can download to make it better.

Do I have to download an HQ mod for 2k textures plus skins, or only skins/clothes/etc are fine for itself? Even then, for my specs, should I download 2k or 4k textures?

Any other tips to make things visually better, or enhance the way the game flows overall? Thanks!

(Mine being... a 1080p monitor, RTX 2060, Ryzen 5 2600x)
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Alchemist
#3 Old 22nd Feb 2019 at 8:00 AM
Get a lighting mod (I normally use those by brntwaffles, scroll past the TS4 ones): http://brntwaffles.tumblr.com/tagged/lighting-mod
And this star field in 2048x2048: http://brntwaffles.tumblr.com/post/...package-file-in
Outdoor lighting tweaks: http://modthesims.info/d/367164/out...weaks-v2-2.html
More light coming through windows: http://modthesims.info/d/573035/mor...gh-windows.html
2x bigger moon: http://memeingfulcorndoge.tumblr.co...65/moonsizemods

For skins, I mostly use Kurasoberina's Primer and a few others: http://kurasoberina.tumblr.com/post...y-elder-this-is
And for eyes, the defaults are pleyita's Fourth of July eyes: http://pleyita.tumblr.com/old

Tumblr - more downloads! ◾ CC reuploads / creator backupsTS3 CAS Conversion Catalog - for basegame, EP, SP, and Store clothing!
Instructor
#4 Old 7th Mar 2019 at 5:38 AM
Make sure you only use one default replacement skin, you can have as many non-defaults as you like but only one default replacement.
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